Honors English 1313 & 1413
English 1313 meets the same university requirements as 1113 but is designed for students who have writing experience and are comfortable and confident in their understanding of English 1113 outcomes. Similarly, English 1413 meets the same university requirements as 1213 but is also for students who have previous writing experience. These course sections are highly personalized, offering both a smaller course section for more individualized instruction and direction, and a curriculum that asks students to draw upon their passions, experiences, and personal knowledges to guide their course of study for the semester. Regular sections of 1313/1413 are open to all OSU students; honors sections are open only to students enrolled in the honors college.
Multimodal English 1313 & 1413
ENGL 1313 Goals & Objectives
What does it mean to be literate in the twenty-first century? This deceptively simple question informs the structure of this Composition 1 course, which offers students the opportunity to engage with multimodal scholarship and multimodal composition practices. How important is it to know how to compose visuals? Design websites? Create persuasive videos? Write a research-based academic paper? What does each of these demand of the writer/composer? How has literacy changed because of the availability of computers and other modes of tech-oriented composition? By the end of this course, students will be prepared to offer responses to these crucial questions and demonstrate rhetorical dexterity and fluency by creating assignments through new and unfamiliar modes of communication. In addition, at the completion of this course students will be able to meet the goals set by the English Department for the standard Composition I course (ENGL 1113).
ENGL 1413 Goals & Objectives
Persuasive texts are alphabetic, visual, and aural. Think of it this way—have you read an essay, seen an image, heard a song, watched a video that caused you to feel a certain way, introduced you to a new way of thinking, or impacted something that you believe? English 1413 asks students to think about persuasion in the internet age—how do you analyze a situation and decide on the genre, format, and mode of persuasion when creating in a digital space?
English 1413 will provide you with an opportunity to explore the entanglements of identity, ethics, and technology to develop a sophisticated understanding of the means and methods of persuasion. The course links textual analysis with production; you'll create such texts as videos, websites, traditional essays, photographic essays, podcasts and more. No prior experience with these modalities is required—in English 1413, we will focus on examining both the why and the how of multimodal text creation and persuasion. The processes of experiencing, learning, and creating within new multimodal forms is at the center of this class, so if you’ve ever wanted to explore new communication methods, or have a specific modality you’ve always wanted to utilize to express your ideas, this class is for you! Rhetoric has always been about discovering the means of persuasion; this course examines rhetoric through a 21st century lens.